2:15 a.m. Air France 447 black box heard at depth of 5,000 m by French Navy mini-sub Nautile, acc. to LeMonde exclusive

Faint signal heard 1,000 kilometers off Brazil

coast by French mini-sub Nautile of what may

be the black box of Air France 447, which

perished three weeks ago.

While regular manned mini-sub has difficulties

going deep, their un-manned research subs

can go to depth of 6,000 meters.

I watch/listen to France Vingt-Quatre's

streaming broadcast in English from Paris

on my iGoogle while on my computer after

midnight, and on weekends, to catch up

on world news, and I'm always glad I do.

And then tonight, out of nowhere... I heard

their amazing account of what LeMonde

is reporting now, supplemented by

France 24's interviews with reporters in

Brazil .

http://www.france24.com/en/world

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Les boîtes noires de l'Airbus Rio-Paris repérées

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2009/06/23/les-boites-noires-de-l-airbus-rio-paris-reperees_1210102_3224.html